Yes, and the 'kompromat' theory gives them way too much credit. It assumes that if not for kompromat, they'd do the right thing.
And it's not like they hide their cheating.
The kompromat theory is reverse projection. Good people can't believe they do this stuff willingly.
And it's not like they hide their cheating.
The kompromat theory is reverse projection. Good people can't believe they do this stuff willingly.
https://twitter.com/burkinator20xx/status/1414262283744776196
Exactly.
It isn't kompromat. It's what @ruthbenghiat describes in her book.
Once a politician does anything to help or shield a Trump-type leader, they have a hard time pulling back. They get roped in. I'll put the screenshot in the next tweet.
https://twitter.com/ElTomatill0/status/1414271427759394816
It isn't kompromat. It's what @ruthbenghiat describes in her book.
Once a politician does anything to help or shield a Trump-type leader, they have a hard time pulling back. They get roped in. I'll put the screenshot in the next tweet.
From her book, Strongmen: From Mussolini to the present\
Once they help him in any way, they can feel stuck. It's hard to back out because they've now alienated everyone except the hardcore extremists.
I felt that way when Hawley punched his fist toward the crowd that day . . .
Once they help him in any way, they can feel stuck. It's hard to back out because they've now alienated everyone except the hardcore extremists.
I felt that way when Hawley punched his fist toward the crowd that day . . .
There was no backing out. That fist pump would be forever used against him by anyone who is not an extremist. All he could do was double down. Or lose elections.
They choose power over doing the right thing.
They choose power over doing the right thing.
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